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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Fainy meet Bingham after saying goodbye to his family?
(a) Grand Central train station.
(b) Pacific Northwest train station.
(c) Illinois Central train station.
(d) New Mexico train station.

2. When Mac is a child, what is he afraid of?
(a) Bullies.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Disease.
(d) Bats.

3. According to the ad, what is the salary for the job for which Fainy interviews?
(a) Fifty dollars a week.
(b) Forty dollars a month.
(c) Twenty dollars a month.
(d) Fifteen dollars a week.

4. Whose death forces Mac's family to move to Chicago?
(a) His father's.
(b) His aunt's.
(c) His brother's.
(d) His mother's.

5. How many boxes does the tailor give Fainy?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

6. What does Maisie's brother offer Maisie and Mac in Los Angeles?
(a) A house.
(b) An estate.
(c) A job.
(d) A boat.

7. What does Fainy discover about his new employer right away when he enters the tailor shop?
(a) He is a great tailor.
(b) He spends a lot.
(c) He is a bad tailor.
(d) He is in debt.

8. Where does Janey like to go with her brother and his friends canoeing?
(a) Tuscalooga.
(b) Whitewater Rapids.
(c) Great Falls.
(d) Ocalee.

9. Who interviews Fainy?
(a) Mary Wiggins.
(b) Mohawk.
(c) Doc Bingham.
(d) Manny Kovach.

10. What is the opening newsreel clip about?
(a) The closing of Capital City's Century.
(b) The death of McCreary.
(c) The cobblestone mansion where Miles lives.
(d) The birth of Harrison.

11. What is Fainy supposed to say if anyone asks where he is taking the boxes?
(a) To his mother's.
(b) To the cleaners.
(c) To a funeral home.
(d) To his house.

12. What is Mac's real name?
(a) Scott Columbine.
(b) General Harrision.
(c) Miguel Dos Passos.
(d) Fainy McCreary.

13. Where do Ike and Fainy finally find work in Seattle?
(a) At a detention facility.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) At a lumber camp.
(d) At a hostel.

14. What is the safest place to play for Mac when he is a child?
(a) Attic of his dad's house.
(b) Roof of his house.
(c) Backyard of a frame house.
(d) Bathroom of his aunt's mansion.

15. What is the 42nd parallel about?
(a) The lives of ordinary Americans living in and trapped by the time period in which they live.
(b) The lives of ordinary Americans who inhabit the meridian line called the 42nd parallel.
(c) The lives of extraordinary Americans living in and trapped by the time period in which they live.
(d) The lives of individuals who were driven from their homes on the meridian line called the 42nd parallel.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ike goes to the house where his mother lived, what do they see there?

2. What does Johnny ask Annabelle when they spend time together?

3. Who convinces Mac to stay another month in Nevada despite Maisie's moving letter?

4. Where does Fainy take the boxes?

5. While Johnny works at a real estate office, what does he really want to do?

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